When classes began at UCF last month, the Lake Nona community became part of the university’s new Academic Health Sciences Center (AHSC). And I hope you will be as excited as I am about the opportunities that lie before us. This new center brings together all of UCF’s health-related colleges and programs with the goal of increased opportunities for interprofessional education, … [Read more...]
UCF Knights Football vs. South Carolina State Bulldogs
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Med School Can See, Count Cancer Cells in Blood Thanks to Patient’s Family
On a computer screen, the enemy is a misshapen neon-colored blob – a metastatic cell that’s spreading cancer to the lungs, brain and liver. Thanks to a donation from a Winter Park cancer patient’s family, UCF College of Medicine researchers now have machines that can isolate, photograph and count these cancer cells from a single tube of blood. With the technology, scientists … [Read more...]
Why Choose An Anterior Hip Replacement?
When patients are experiencing persistent pain, inflammation, and aches in their hip due to arthritis, it might be time to consider getting a hip replacement. Most surgeons choose the posterior approach when performing a hip replacement, but there are other options available. One option is the anterior approach, which is now regarded as a viable alternative to the traditional … [Read more...]
How Food Can Be ‘Thy Medicine’
UCF medical student Emily Freisen carefully measures out a teaspoon of mustard that will go into salad dressing. At other workstations, her classmates are chopping carrots and peeling onions. The group of 13 students has traded in their white coats for chef’s whites as part of a six-week collaborative culinary medicine course run by UCF’s College of Medicine and the Rosen … [Read more...]